Re: [sl4] Re: goals of AI

From: Matt Paul (lizardblue@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 01 2009 - 10:28:42 MST


On Dec 1, 2009, at 11:03 AM, "John K Clark" <johnkclark@fastmail.fm>
wrote:
>
> Imagine if a physicist
> was trying to solve a problem but decided not to use the law of
> conservation of momentum or electrical charge because maybe those laws
> will be violated this time. It's the road to nowhere.

I'm not talking about working outside of the parameters of the known.
No laws should be ignored. If they could be then there is a problem
with the law itself.
>
>
>>>> what is imagination?
>
>>> Thinking of alternatives.
>
>> What defines a possible alternative?
>
> Define define.
>
> John K Clark
>
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